I had read about a similar discussion about how the creatures in East/West
Commonlands could attack you through the walls of the huts there (highly
annoying when the griffin comes a knocking). I recall that the reply was not
so encouraging. It seems to deal with determining LOS (line of sight)
whenever a creature attacks you. Maybe Verant thinks that putting in this
code check for every NPC for attacking and reaction purposes would be an
overload of processing and that realism has to be sacrificed a bit for
playability.
Personally I'd say that physically attacking through walls is obviously
wrong (as is something below a bridge attacking you when you're on the
bridge...). Some magical effects I could possibly see work that way. After
all, magic can teleport you to somewhere very far away. Why wouldn't it be
able to go past the wall in front.
And yes I do realize that us players cannot attack through walls by any
means. Can you imagine all of the exploits if we could though? (which is the
reason why we can't anymore)
Good Journey,
Sineras (Cazic-Thule)
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam DeMarino [mailto:
psycotix@...]
Sent: Friday, May 07, 1999 6:30 PM
To:
eqbards@onelist.com
Subject: Re: [eqbards] Retreiving Corpse
From: Adam DeMarino <
psycotix@...>
Heh this bug has been reported tens of thousands of times. The whole
minotaur mine is bugged. Any creature, or that stupid npc gnome who
wanders next to you whenver you decide to cast an area effect spell or
song, can attack through walls. Verant acknowledges it, but hasn't fixed
it for some unkown reason.
Talonus
The Traveling Bard of Solusek Ro
Roop Dirump wrote:
>
> From: "Roop Dirump" <roop@...>
>
> FYI, any monster casting a spell or charming through a wall is considered
a
> bug! So if you are charmed in this manner, you may petition to have
> yourself resurrected. Do not rule out this option. Now if you ran right
> into that nasty room and became charmed, I suppose that's a different
> matter.
>
> Also, a friend of mine, who happens to be a ranger, was sneaking around
back
> there and was not charmed. Really made me nervous at the time, heh.
>
> Roop
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam DeMarino <psycotix@...>
> To: eqbards@onelist.com <eqbards@onelist.com>
> Date: Friday, May 07, 1999 5:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [eqbards] Retreiving Corpse
>
> >From: Adam DeMarino <psycotix@...>
> >
> >Actually camo does work occasionally. One time I chased a running mino
> >and accidently got charmed leading to my death. I came back, and asked a
> >friend to cast camo on me, and I went about my way using /corpse to pull
> >my body away from him. He never saw past me, and he didn't charm me. I
> >guess its just luck of the draw.
> >
> >Douglas Bierbower wrote:
> >>
> >> From: Douglas Bierbower <Bierbower@...>
> >>
> >> I should have explained about this: Invis and Camo won't work.
Mordrath
> or his
> >> pet or the guards or something can see invisible/camo'd people. I was
> told
> >> Invis won't work, but I tried Camo myself and died for it 3 more times.
> >>
> >> > From: "Daniel P. Sniderman" <slide@...>
> >> >
> >> > Assuming the dangerous creature near your corpse can't detect
> invisible
> >> > (?) the easiest way to get your corpse back is to find a kindly magic
> caster
> >> > type to make you invisible. Have a hot key equipped with the /corpse
> >> > command. Go to your corpse - then walk a bit away - click that
> button - and
> >> > drag your corpse to a safe location...
> >> >
> >> > Slyde Half-Elf of Xegony
> >> >
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